Reversible-scarf fastener.



EATENTEE AUG. 29, 1905.

EBAUMGAETEN. REVERSIBLE SGAEE EASTENEE.

AP?LICATION FILED OCT. 11. 1904.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEF BAUMGARTEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

REVERSIBLE-SCARF FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

Application filed October 11, 1904:. Serial No. 228,018-

vented certain new and useful Improvements in Reversible-ScarfFasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in reversible-scarf fasteners, bywhich term I designate devices for connecting neckwear to collars; andit is the purpose of this invention to provide a fastener of suchconstruction that it can be used with a double scarf or necktie and thatby a simple movement of the swiveled part of the fastener the under partof the scarf or tie may be brought to the outside and the outer partthereof may be turned under, thus enabling the wearer to readily andquickly change his neckwear.

The details of the invention will be made clear by the descriptionhereinafter given, referring to the drawings which accompany vthespecification to aid the description, and of which- Figure l is a topview of the fastener without a scarf. Fig. 2 is a front view of the samewith a double scarf, the outer portion of which is turned up to revealthe loop of the fastener; and Fig. 3 is a rear view of the shield,showing a device for securing the shield to a collar-button.

As the device is intended to be worn particularly with turn-downcollars, some means for connecting the shield A with the collarbutton isdesirable, and any means may be used, as either a loop of rubber cord ora metal clamp or any suitable contrivance, and in the descriptionhereinafter I briefly refer to a wire collar-button clamp as aconvenient device, but without intending to limit my invention thereto.

The shield A is cut or stamped of proper size and shape of any suitablematerial, as pasteboard, and the ends a of said shield are intended topass under the front edges of a turn-down collar and be held between theturned-down and band portions of the collar, while the wire button-clampC, which is preferably shaped, as shown, of elastic wire fastenedthrough the said shield A at the ends d d and e, fits on thecollar-button in the well- Aknown manner. The swivel Gr, which supportsthe scarf W W', is a loop of elastic wire, the ends L of which are atthe middle and back of said loop, passed with easy fit through a'reinforcing piece of metal H and bent back on the rear side of saidpiece H, so as to secure the loop movably to said piece H. Said piece His then fastened to the middle of the front side of said shield A bypassing the prongs i at the ends of said piece H through the said shieldA and riveting them on the back side of the shield, the constructionbeing such that the loop G is swiveled on said shield A. When thenecktie is a broad scarf, as shown in Fig. 2, itis easily inserted inthe loop G by passing the narrowed and puckered top end of one part Wthrough said loop Gr and sewing it to the other part W of the scarf. Nowwhen the shield A is in place in a collar the wearer, by taking hold ofthe scarf, can easily revolve the scarf and loop whereby either part ofthe scarf which he desires can be brought to the outside. When thenecktie is narrower, like a four-in-hand, it may be drawn through theloop G after completion, hanging at the middle from said loop.

ln place of using a reinforcing-piece H it is manifest that the loop Gcould be swiveled directly on the'shield A without employing suchreinforcing-piece H; but I prefer to use said piece H to strengthen saidshield A.

Now, having described my improvements,

.I claim as my invention- 1. The combinationin a reversible-scarffastener, of a shield having lateral projections adapted to enterbetween the turn-down points and band of a collar, and a swiveled scarf#holder mounted thereon, substantially as described. I

2. The combination in a reversible-scarf fastener, of a shield adaptedto be connected with a collar, a reinforcing-piece thereon, and ascarf-holder swiveled on saidpiece, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a `double scarf, a loop adapted to hold said scarfintermediate its ends, and a shield upon which said loop is swiveledprovided with lateral projections adapted to enter between the turn-downpoints and hand of a eo1la1,substantally as described.

4. The Combination in a reversibe scarf fastener, of a. shield A adapted to Connect with a collar, a reinforcing-piece H secured to theSaid Shield A, and a loop G adapted to hold neckwear swiveled on saidpiece H, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand 1n the presence of twoWitnesses.

JOSEF BAUMGARTEN.

Vitnesses: I

HELEN WECHSLER, CHRISTINE KEELEY.

